U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee, released the following statement after legislation he cosponsored, The Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021 (H.R. 468), passed through the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today. The legislation aims to allow airports to use up to $1 million… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) concurrently released its Draft Restoration Plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The two documents detail the benefits, impacts, and changes to the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced more amendments to House Democrats' budget reconciliation package than any other House Member in an effort to create accountability and improve the $1.9 trillion mega-bill – which, contrary to its title, will do little to provide COVID-19 relief. Graves' amendments would recalibrate these dollars in ways that would actually… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves issued the following remarks today regarding President Biden's executive actions on energy and the environment: "On the campaign trail, President Biden said that he would not ban oil and gas: "we're not getting rid of fossil fuels for a long time." Apparently, "a long time" means less than one week. What was obvious then is undeniable now: this was a flat-out… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) secured several provisions that will advance Louisiana's flood control, ports, inland waterways, hurricane protection, coastal restoration and other infrastructure priorities in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA). Graves, as a member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is positioned to advance the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) to develop a technical assistance program and support business attraction and retention efforts across the state in response to adverse economic… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, joined colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution that expresses support for the designation of November 16 - 22, 2020 as "National Drone Safety Awareness Week." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding its second annual Drone Safety Week which… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announces the nutria bounty bill he sponsored and negotiated has been signed by President Donald Trump. The legislation, H.R. 3399 - To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes, provides funding for a nutria bounty program and restoration funds to nutria related… Read more »
U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Joe Kennedy released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives announced that it has launched a long-awaited digital consent form to modernize the citizen experience with federal government agencies. Graves and Kennedy's bipartisan legislation, the Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2019,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement after the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced they were putting the final touches on the Interstate 10 widening project between East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes. The project widens Interstate 10 from four lanes to six lanes between Highland Road and LA 73 in Ascension… Read more »
